A bronchopulmonary lavage technique utilizing saline washings is described for removing OaZr 95Nb labeled Zr02 microspheres from the left lungs of beagle dogs. As assessed by external counting at 30 days post-exposure, the lungs of groups of dogs not lavaged, and those lavaged on day 0, day 8, day 16, or days 0, 8 and 16 post-exposure, contained 95, 88, 80, 74, and 72 percent of their initial b...

This study evaluated the strength required to remove glass-fiber and metallic cast posts with different lengths. Sixty endodontically treated canines were included and their roots were embedded in acrylic resin after discarding the crowns. Samples were randomly assigned to 3 groups according to the post length (n = 20): I- 6 mm, II - 8 mm and III- 10 mm. Each group was divided into 2 subgroups ...

Hemodynamic stress participates in the initiation and progression of aneurysmal degeneration. Coarctation increases flow-mediated stress on the aortic wall. We tested the hypothesis that prolonged coarctation of an infrarenal abdominal aorta (AA) segment leads to abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) formation in mini pigs. An infrarenal AA segment of Taiwanese Lanyu mini pigs was wrapped with an 8 m...

Trained male cyclists (N=40) ingested quercetin (Q, N=20) (1000 mg/day) or placebo (P, N=20) supplements under randomized, double blinded methods for 3 wks prior to and during a 3-d period in which subjects cycled for 3 h/day at ~57% Wattsmax. Blood samples were collected before and after each exercise session and assayed for plasma IL-6, IL-10, IL-1ra, IL-8, TNF-α, and MCP-1, and leukocyte IL-...

BACKGROUND Heart failure patients have inadequate nutritional intake and alterations in metabolism contributing to an overall energy depleted state. Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) support is a common and successful intervention in patients with end-stage heart failure. LVAD support leads to alterations in cardiac output, functional status, neurohormonal activity and transcriptional profi...

10 / research in arabic language and literature: foreign languages faculty research biannual journal (autumn winter 2012-2013) issue 7 the manifestations of post-modernism in the novel barari alhoma by ibrahim nasr-allah ahmad reza saedi * aliyeh jafari zadeh ** abstract the word post-modernism expresses a new era in the history of western civilization, which is known by the feeling of disillus...

Previously, we have shown that the window of opportunity for nicotinamide (NAM) therapy (50 mg/kg) following cortical contusion injuries (CCI) extended to 4-8 hrs post-CCI when administered over a six day post-CCI interval. The purpose of the present study was to determine if a more chronic NAM treatment protocol administered following CCI would extend the current window of opportunity for effe...

For Border Leicester x Merino ewes joined in October in their normal anoestrous period at 5 and 8 weeks post partum, the percentages raddled by rams within seven days after sponge removal were 78 and 82. The percentages of ewes with fertilised eggs (of raddled ewes yielding eggs) were 27 and 70. In Merino ewes joined at 4 and 8 weeks post partum, in July, the percentages of raddled ewes were 97...